Lasting-machine.



R. F. McFEELY.

LASTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT.23. I914.

Patented Nov. 30, 1915. V

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w/z/vavsm ivmvmm MCL 5 6% W EoNALn F. lVIcFEELY, or BEvEaLY, iaAssAcnUsErrs, AssIeNoE T UNITED SHOE MACHINERY coMPANY, or PATERSON, NEw JERSEY, AconronATIoN on NEW JERSEY. 7

LAsTING-M cHiNE.

Patented Nov. so, 1915.

Application filed September 23, 1914. Serial No. 863,130.

Tocll whom it may concern 7 Be it known that I, RONALD F. MoFEELY,

a citizen of the'United States, residing at Beverly, in the county of Essex and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain Improvements in Lasting-Machines, of which the following description, in connectionwith the accompanying drawings, is a specifica- ,tion, like reference characters on-the drawings indicating like parts in the several figures. V v f V This invention relates to lastingmachines, and particularly to toe lasting mechanism,

and has for its object to increase the capac ity andimprove and simplify the construction of mechanism for lasting the toes of a shoes on right and left'crooked lasts.

For many styles of shoes right and left wipersmust be providedto fit the different contours of the toe portions of the lasts for the right and left feet: It has previously been proposed to equip a toe lasting mechan smwitli two pairs. of. toe embrac1ngw1pers and'mount the head for adjustment, as

for example for rotation, to bring either pair ofwipers into position to operate on a shoe,

. but, partly at least, because of the 'complication and bulkiness of such a mechanism the practice is still followed almost entirely of taking out one pair of wipersand substituting a pair adapted for the other foot when changing from right to left shoes.

This consumes time and creates a need for a wiper fastening which, while being secure, can be quickly manipulated by a shoemaker without the aid of tools. Also this practice of changing wipers, in order to reduce loss of time, makes necessary to last firsta series of shoes for one foot and then the mates to those shoes. It is impractical, except on sample work, to take the time to change wipers and last mates alternately. This is a disadvantage because obviously the best results are obtained bylasting mates successively and matching them, 7

An important feature of the present 1nvention consists in an end lasting mechanism comprising two pairs of end embracing wipers and operating mechanism by which either pair can be used. In the illustrated embodiment of the invention the pairs of Wipers are superposed with one one pair has an acting V edge shaped to fit a right shoe toe and the other pair has an acting edge to fit a mating left shoe toe.

A further feature of the invention consists in adjusting means for rendering end embracing'wipers operative or inoperative. As herein shown, a single adjusting means is connected with two pairs of wipers and can be manipulated to render either pair of wipers available for use alternatively. The other pair is, as shown, simultaneously adjusted to a position where those wipers will offer no obstruction to use of the operative pair.

Another, feature of the invention consists in a'single operating means by which either of twopairs of wipers may be used alternatively. This means is shown as a hand lever having, through adjusting means and duplex connections, an operative control of the wipers by which either pair of wipers alternatively can be caused to embrace a shoe end and wipe the upper into lasted position. The adjusting means is shown as an eccentrio by which said duplex connections are ,movable relatively to the operating bar to similar in arrangement and mode of opera- .tlOIl from the toe lastlng mechanlsm with which operators are familiar in the commercial lasting machine now in general use and which by one simple adjustment of an eccen trio, having a lever handle, can be made to present for use the wipers for lasting either a left or a right shoe. By the use of this invention it is practical to last the toes of right and left mates successively because that can be done without appreciable loss of time.

These andother features of the invention will appear from the following description and accompanying drawings of a preferred embodiment of the invention, and the invention will then be particularly pointed out in the claims.

Figure-1 is a perspective view of the toe lasting mechanism of a lasting machine, of the commerclal type referred to, when equipped with a preferred embodiment of I this invention. Fig.2 1s a planvlew of the same. Fig. 3 1s a section on l1ne-3'3 of Flg.

2 partially broken away and extendedqto. show an operative relation of one pair: of-

wipers to a shoe.

. The illustrated machine is like the said *commercial' machine, which "is shown in United States Letters Patent No. 1,018,477 ranted February. 27 1912 on application.

5f Matthias Brock, in that it comprises means including the toe rest 2 for support ing a shoe, a holddown 3 for clamping the toe down on the rest, and a too lasting head mounted for vertical movement in-the machine-frame by a treadle 4- for causing the wipers to. rub up the sides of the shoe toward its bottom edge line afterthey have been closed to embrace the toe below the edge line of the shoe. The treadle is dou-.

ble-ended so thatit can be made to depress the wipers after they have been closed in. over the shoe bottom whereby the wiped over margm of the upper materials are compressed upon the margin of the shoe innersole. A single hand lever 5 is employed for imparting the opening andclosing movements to the toe embracing wipers, and there are the usual adjusting devices 6 and 7 for rocking the wipers about the longi- 'tudinal axis of the shoe bottom to'adapt 1 their position to the roll of the last bottom and for tipping "the wipers about a transverse axis to accommodate the pitch of the last bottom. l

Two pairs' of wipers 10 and llare provided, each pair having an edge contour shaped to embrace completely the toe per-,

tion of a shoe, one pair preferably being shaped for a right shoe and the other for the left shoe of the same style, that is, for

i the mate to the right shoe. Thenpairs of Wipers are superposed one onthe other and preferably in slidin contact with each other. Each pair of wlpers 10, 11 has its own carrier plates 12 and 13. to which the wipers are detachably securedso as toperxnit substitution of different styles of wipers when the style or shape of the shoe to be lasted is changed. Each wiper carrier has long cam slots 14 which receive stationary guide rolls 15. These guide rolls :for the I upper and lower wipers maybe thesame and be secured in the underlying plate 16 two pairs of wipers may be separate and of the wiper carriage, or the rolls for the those for the upper wipers be suspended from-thecover plate 17 of the carriage. It

i will be noted that in either case the cover both pair are responsive to lifting pressing movementsimparted by-thetreadle H plate confines the wipercarriers 12, 13 with a close sliding fit Within thecarriage so that 4 without any lost motion. V

The pairs: of wiper. carriers 12,- 13 are and tie V connected by links 18,19 respectively to thej cross-bars 20,21 of plungers 22, 23 which extend to the wiper operating lever 5. For;

convenience these plungers are half; cylindrical rods, Fig. 3, fitted together to turn upon a common axis locatedbetweenlthem in response to adjustment bythe adjusting'device 6. p The connection between the-plun- V gers 22, 23 and the operatinglever ,5 com? prises heads 24-,

ceive the connecting stud .26 which depends;

25 on the plungersfwhich have transversely elongated slotsgwhich re from thelever. 'The-connectingstud 26*c'arries two oppositely faced eccentrics,28,:29, '85

per pair of wipers10,whielrmay 'be'as-- 23, thereby sumed to 'be the wipers.for-ithefright'last,

forwardly toward the shoe support 2 and will retract the lower pair of wipers 11 to into operativeposition, and simultaneously 7; V

a position more remote from the shoe sup-"5 port 2 and into a'position where they will offer no obstruction to r the as et the upper wipers 1 0 in all of the manipulations which it is customary for anoperator to makein lasting shoe toe in said co1nmercial lasting machine. lever 30, stud 26 and eccentric- 's 28,29 the upper pair of wipers will be withdrawn and the lower pairwill be advanced to position By oppositelyfs'win'gingthe for'use. A sprlng pin 32 in the' end'bf the V adjusting lever 30 is adapted to enter a recess31' in the operating lever 5Iat either side of the connecting stud 26 and maintain the adjustment with either pair of wipers in position for use to the exclusion of the J other. pair. r V The adjustment to present either the right or the left pair of wipers for use can be j made instantaneously so that it is just as c0nvenient to last the toes ofthe right and then 1 the left of a pair of shoes' -successivelyas it is to last a series of right toes"andthen a series of left toes, wlth. the obvious advanshoes successively, with opportunity to compare them and ascertain that both shoes have been made to look alike so that the appear ance of the pair shall be as desired. Sub 7 I tage gained bylasting the mates of a pairof' stantially. all of thetime heretofore required for changing wipers is thus saved and there is no need for an operator to give time or attention toconsider whether he is having, in combination, two complete pairs of toe embracing plates arranged one above the other, one pair having an edge contour adapted to thertoe of a'shoe for one foot and the other pair having a difi'erent edge contour adapted to the toe of the other foot, each pair being movable substantially in its plane of operation out of operative position and into a position where it will not interfere with the use of the other pair in lasting the toe portion of a shoe, and means for operating said pairs of plates to do their work.

2. A right andleft toe lasting mechanism having, in combination, a carrying head mounted to present at all times the same side uppermost and the same end toward the shoe, and upper and lower end embracing lasting plates being formed to Wipe an upper into nism having, in combination, end embracing lasted position over the bottom of a right shoe toe and the other set of plates being formed to wipe an upper into lasted position over the bottom of a left shoe toe, and means for operating said plates to last either a right or a left shoe toe.

3. A right and left end lasting mechaplates having an edge contour adapted to wipe into lasted position an upper over the end of a last for one foot, end embracing plates superposed on the first plates and having an edge contour adapted to wipe into lasted position an upper over the end of a last for the opposite foot, and operating means by which the end embracing plates for one foot can be retracted to a position Where they will be out of the way of the use of the plates for the other foot and the plates for said other foot can be used to do their work.

4. An end lasting mechanism having, in

combination, two pairs of end embracing wipers, one pair being superposed on the other and having an edge contour adapting them to wipe into lasted position an upper over a last having a shape diflering from that for which the other pair ofwipers is adapted, and operating mechanism bywhich either pair of wipers maybe used alternatively. r

plates mounted in said head, one set of 5., An end lasting mechanism having, in combination, two complete sets of end embracing plates of which one set is superposed on the other, each set of platesbeing mounted for advancing and turning movement to close and open relatively to a shoe end and having an edge contour differing from that of the other set, a shoe end support, and means by which said end embracing plates and said support can be relatively moved to present the shoe bottom and the lower face of either set of plates in suitable relation for the plates to wipe an upper into lastedposition over the shoe bottom.

6. In a machine of the class described, an end lasting mechanism comprising two pairs 'of superposed toe embracing plates, each pair of plates completely embracing the toe and being mounted for combined advancing andturning movement to close and open relatively to a shoe end to wipe the shoe upper inwardly over the feather of a welt shoe innersole, the edges of said two pairs of plates being of different curvature to adapt them respectively to right and left shoe toes,

and operating means by which either pair of toe embracing plates may be used upon the shoe for which they are adapted to the exclusion of the other pair.

7 An end lasting mechanism having, in

1 combination, two complete pairs of end embracing wlpers arranged one pair above the other and shaped respectively for right and left lasts of the same style, shoe positioning means, means for moving the wipers together up and down to bring either pair into operative relation to the plane of the shoe determined by said positioning means, and

means for operating either pair of wipers which may be in operative relation to the shoe to work the upper over the last bottom.

8. An end lasting mechanism having, in combination, two complete sets of toe embracing plates arranged with one set above the other and one set having a different edge contour from the other to adapt it to embrace and snugly fit a shape different from the shape which the other fits, and operating means for said plates arranged to impart to one set of plates toe embracing movements relatively to the other set of plates.

9. A right and left end lasting mechanism having, in combination, two pairs of wipers, a single operating lever and adjusting means by which either pair of wipers can be used to the exclusion of the other pair by manipulation of said operating lever.

10. A right and left end lasting mechanism having, in combination, two pairs of Wipers, a single operating leverand adjusting means between said lever and said pairs of wipers by which either pair ofwipers can be made available for use alternatively.

11. A right and left end lastingmechanism having, in combination, two pairs of wipers, a single operating lever'and adjusting means by which one pair of Wipers can 13. A right and left end lasting mecha-' nism having,in combination, two pairs of wipers, a single operating lever, duplex connections extendmg from said pairs of wipers to said lever, and adjusting means for de-' termining which connections shall impart to its pair of wipers operative movements adapted for lasting a shoe.

14. A right and left end lasting mechanism having, in combination, two pairs of wipers, a single operating lever, duplex connections extending from said pairs of wipers to said lever, and adjusting means by which one pair of said wipers can be retracted to where they will remain in an inoperative relation to the shoe while the other pairare being used by manipulation of the operating lever. 1

15. A right and left end lasting mechanism having, in combination, two pairs of wipers, a single operating lever, duplex connections extending from said pairs of wipers to said lever, and adjusting means by'which one pair of said wipers can be advanced to position for lasting a shoe while the other pair remain in a position where they offer no obstruction to the use of the operative pair.

16. A right and left end lasting mechanism having, in combination, two pairs of wipers, a single operating lever, duplex connections extending from said pairs of wipers to said. lever, and means by which one pair can be adjusted to operate to the exclusion of the other pair.

17 A right and left end lasting mechanism having, in combination, two pairs ofwipers, a single operating lever, duplex connections exten ding from said pairs of wipers to said lever. and double eccentric by which either pair of wipers. can be adjusted 18. A right and left end lasting mechahaving, 1n combination, two superposed pairs of wipers, a wipercarrier in which said wipers are mounted, and an opcrating lever and connections by which either pair of wipers can be used for lasting to the exclusion of the other pair.

19. A right and left end lasting mechanism having, in combination, two superposed pairs of wipers, an operating lever and an adjuster by which to cause either pair of wipers to be used to the exclusion of the other pair. V

20. A right and left end lasting mechanism having, in combination, two superposed pairs of wipers, a wiper carrier in which said wipers are mounted, and means forv adjusting one pair of wipersto an inoperative position in said carrier'while the other pair may be used.

21. A right and left end lasting mechanism having, in combination, two super posed pairs of wipers, a wiper carrier in which said wipers are mounted, and means after the shoe has been positioned for lasting.

23. A right and left end lasting mecha nism having, in combination, two pairsof end embracing wipers, an adjustingmeans for the wipe-rs which can be shifted to present for use either pair of end embracing wipers, and one operatlng means constructed and arranged to operate either pair of wipers which is presented foruse.

24. A right and left end lasting mechanism having, in combination, two pairs of wipers, an operating lever, duplex-connections extending from said pairs of wipers to said lever andradjusting means by which I either pair of wipers alternatively may be made operative for lasting a shoe by lever movement transmitted through said connections.

25. A right and left end lasting mechanism having, in combination, two pairs of" end embracing wipers arranged one pair over the other, operating means therefor,

and an adjusting means for the 'wipers which can be shifted-to present for use W either pair of end embracing wipers.

26. A right and left end lasting machine having, in combination, two separate sets of superposed wipers each of which is constructed and arranged to embrace a shoe toe completely, and means by which one of said sets of wipers can be adjusted to aretracted 1 position permitting the use of the other pair: exclusively for lasting a shoe toe.

27. A right and left end lasting machine -having, in combination, two separate sets of superposed wipers each of which is con-V structed and arranged to embrace a shoe toe name to this specification in the presence of ccmpleiislly, olne oflsaid sits oii1 Wipfers beidlng two subscribing Witnesses. a "usta e re ative to t e 0t er orwar y anzi backwardly to and from an operative RONALD MCFEELY' 5 position, and operating means for said Witnesses:

Wipers. CHARLES H. HoYT,

In testimony whereof I have signed my BARTHOLOMEW T. MCDONOUGH.

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